installs and meetings (was Re: Debian Attitudes)

[David Bristel]

Since I'm down here in the south bay myself, and we have a good number of people
down here, I've always wondered why every meeting has to take place up in San
Francisco.  My new job has kept me less active, and on top of that, I often end
up working until 6:30-7pm or later.  Even if I wanted to go, a 45 min trip by
car would keep me from attending.  I suggest we have a "South Bay Debian" group,
as well as a "North Bay Debian" group.  

							Dave Bristel


On 8 Jul 1999, Chris Waters wrote:

> Date: 08 Jul 1999 00:07:51 -0700
> From: Chris Waters <xtifr@dsp.net>
> To: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>
> Cc: bad@kitenet.net
> Subject: installs and meetings (was Re: Debian Attitudes)
> 
> Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com> writes:
> 
> > Problem is that developers will not spend time one a procedure one does
> > once or twice a year.
> 
> Once or twice a year?  What do you do to your system that you have to
> install that often?  I installed once, three years ago, and that's
> pretty much been it.  Constant upgrades, but those are easy (for some
> reason).  :-)
> 
> > If the philosophy of the product demands frequent reinstalls (like
> > RH) then the installation procedure will naturally be more polished.
> 
> Unfortunate, in a way, but very true.
> 
> > I am new to the valley. when and where do Linux people meet in real
> > life and not just online?
> 
> A good place to start looking is http://www.svlug.org.  There's also
> balug, but "there is no CABAL" (Coalition of All Bay Area LUGs).
> You'll find pointers on the svlug page.
> 
> You are in the South Bay, right?  Maybe we should have a South Bay
> Debian get-together to welcome you and Shaleh (and Joeyh, though he
> didn't come from very far away).
> -- 
> Chris Waters   xtifr@dsp.net | I have a truly elegant proof of the
>       or    xtifr@debian.org | above, but it is too long to fit into
> http://www.dsp.net/xtifr     | this .signature file.
>